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Harvard officials confirmed last week that the University would conduct its own water tests to determine if dangerous levels of THMs, known to cause cancer in laboratory animals, were still present...
Stanley, who said he was told by the University last year that testing the water was "too expensive," said he installed granulated charcoal filters, which remove 98 percent of THMs...
Based on incorrect information, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 told house masters last month that Harvard had already tested campus water for high levels of trihalomethanes (THMs), chemicals found to cause cancer in some laboratory animals, and found it safe...
...THMs--high levels of which are a fairly common problem in the U.S.--form when chlorine added to water to kill dangerous bacteria reacts with organic material, such as leaves and grass. Some experts say it is more dangerous to drink bacteria-laden water, than water that contains THMs...
...January, the Cambridge Water Department sent letters to customers telling them that levels of THMs in water exceeded EPA limits from July 1988 through December 1989. Because Jewett and the house masters believed that the water had been tested and found drinkable by the University, they did not tell students about the Cambridge letter...